Improvement in medical compounds or powders for infants



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS EEHR, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEDICAL COMPOUNDS OR POWDER-S FOR INFANTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,133, datedSeptember 23, 1873; application filed September 12, 1873.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULrUs FEHR, of Ho: boken, in the county of Hudsonand State of New Jersey, haveinvented anew and Improved MedicalCompound; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to a medical compound made of silicate ofmagnesia, carbolic acid, and oxide of zinc, which, by its antiseptic andantizymotic properties, serves, in a great measure, to counteractcontagion.

In preparing my powder I take of silicate of magnesia one thousandparts; carbolic acid, one part, and, mixing them together, I add of theremaining ingredient, oxide of zinc, onefifth part. This proportion may,however, be altered, as dictated by the nature and complaint of theuser, and the oxide of zinc may be omitted, or added only in aggravatedcases, or for the use of adults.

When these ingredients have been thoroughly commingled my compound orpowder is ready for use, and by applying the same on the sensitive partsof the human body such parts will be kept pure and free fromputrefaction.

My powder is particularly intended for infants, and the same will befound of advantage for the prevention of small-pox, measles, scarlatina,whooping-cough, diphtheria, fever of all kinds, prickly-heat, hives,mumps, erysipelas, and other diseases of a similar nature.

By my compound a powder is produced which is easy of application, andwhich is exceedingly cheap, so that the same is within the reach of allclasses of the population.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A medical compound, prepared of silicate of magnesia and carbolicacid mixed together, in the manner and about in the proportions hereinspecified.

2. A medical compound, made of silicate of magnesia, carbolic acid, andoxide of zinc mixed together, substantially in the manner and about inthe proportion set forth.

JULIUS FEHR.

Witnesses:

CHAS. WAHLERS, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

